Sven-Goran Eriksson: England's first foreign manager

In 2000, Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson became manager of England’s men’s football team.

• 9 mins

The Elfstedentocht

How only 69 of the 10,000 skaters finished in one of the world's toughest ice races

• 8 mins

Lin Dan: Badminton's all time superstar

How badminton player Lin Dan won the Super Grand Slam - all 9 major titles in the sport

• 9 mins

Lamine Gueye: Senegalese skiier

The story of the first black African to compete at the Winter Olympics

• 9 mins

Victory for South Africa: The Africa Cup of Nations

How a football victory in 1996 helped South Africa heal the wounds of apartheid

• 9 mins

Zamalek Stadium Disaster

One of Africa's worst sporting disasters happened in Cairo in 1974

• 10 mins

International football's biggest ever beating

How American Samoa were beaten 31-0 by Australia in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers

• 9 mins

Women's Marathon Agony

In 1984, Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss completed the Olympic marathon in terrible pain

• 8 mins

F1's only six-wheeled winner

In 1976, the first person won a Formula One race in a six-wheeled car

• 9 mins

Rajeev Bagga: Deaflympic badminton champion

In 2005, badminton champion Rajeev Bagga took his total of Deaflympic gold medals to 14

• 9 mins

First black cricketer to represent England

In 1980, Roland Butcher became the first black cricketer to play for the England team

• 9 mins

The plasterer who fought a boxing legend

Ten thousand people watched the unlikely fight in 1997

• 9 mins

Bonus: The Black 14

The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism

• 32 mins

The man who swam the Amazon

In 2007, Martin Strel became the first person to swim the entire length of the Amazon

• 9 mins

The first transgender pro golfer

In 2004, Mianne Bagger became the first transgender professional golfer

• 9 mins

Alex Higgins: The rock star snooker legend

How Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins brought new audiences to snooker with his playboy lifestyle

• 9 mins

Scouting Liverpool's greatest generation

In 1967, Geoff Twentyman joined Liverpool as a chief scout

• 8 mins